| LC control no. | n 85369938 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | DeFranco, Buddy, 1923-2014 |
| Variant(s) | De Franco, Buddy, 1923-2014 Franco, Buddy de, 1923-2014 DeFranco, Boniface Ferdinand Leonardo, 1923-2014 |
| See also | Corporate body: Buddy De Franco Big Band Corporate body: Buddy De Franco Men Corporate body: Buddy De Franco Quartet Corporate body: Buddy De Franco Quintet Corporate body: Buddy De Franco Septette Corporate body: Buddy De Franco Wailers Corporate body: Buddy De Franco/Tommy Gumina Quartet Corporate body: Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| Located | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Birth date | 19230217 |
| Death date | 20141224 |
| Place of birth | Camden (N.J.) |
| Place of death | Panama City (Fla.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz Bop (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Clarinetists Conductors (Music) Jazz musicians |
| Found in | His Mr. Lucky [SR] p1984: label (Buddy De Franco, clarinet) container (Buddy DeFranco) Feather. Encyc. jazz 70's (De Franco, Boniface Ferdinand Leonardo (Buddy); b. Feb. 17, 1923, Camden, N.J.) Biog. resource center (Contemp. musicians), Mar. 16, 2010 (Buddy DeFranco; b. Feb. 17, 1923, Camden, N.J.; also known as Boniface Ferdinand Leonard DeFranco; Boniface Ferdinand Leonardo DeFranco; clarinetist, bandleader) Grove music online, Mar. 16, 2010 (DeFranco, Buddy [Boniface Ferdinand Leonardo]; b. Feb. 17, 1923, Camden, N.J.) New York times (online), viewed Dec. 29, 2014 (in obituary published Dec. 26: Buddy DeFranco; Boniface Ferdinand Leonardo DeFranco; b. Feb. 17, 1923, Camden, N.J.; grew up in Philadelphia; d. Wednesday [Dec. 24, 2014], Panama City, Fla., aged 91; innovative clarinetist who rose from the remains of the swing era to forge new and lasting prominence as the instrument's pre-eminent interpreter of bebop) |
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